Kogi Elections: Thugs set SDP Secretariat ablaze

Ahead of the 2019 Guber Elections in Kogi State tensions and apprehension have continued to trail the State as thugs suspected to be loyal to a leading party in the state have reportedly attacked the state secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), burning the property.

According to an eyewitness account, the incident was reported to have happened at the early hours of Monday, November 11.

Confirming the incident while speaking on phone with Daily Sun, the state chairman of the party, Mouktar Atima, pointed accusing fingers at the ruling party which he accused of “releasing their boys to unleash terror on our party.”

Atima said the development was a confirmation of the several threats received recently by the party’s candidate, Natasha Akpoti.

He said no amount of harrassment and destruction will deter the party and its governorship candidate from contesting and winning the Saturday, November 16, election; saying they remain undaunted, even as he appealed to party faithful not to be discouraged over the recent development.

In his reaction, APC campaign council spokeman Kingsley Fanwo dispelled the allegation that the hoodlums that burnt down the SDP secretariat were sponsored by the ruling party.

According to him, the party and its candidate are currently busy campaigning across the state and “has no time for irrelevant issues.”

Hakeem Busari, the commissioner of police confirmed the incident when contacted, saying that the police were already aware of the destruction and stressed that investigations have already commenced to bring the culprits to book.